Guernsey Press Business Podcast

'It’s an important asset for the local community'.That's how Peter Tom CBE described Boatworks when he took it over in 2021. Two years on, he joined Tony Curr — alongside directors Dale Acton and Stuart Tucker — to talk about how Boatworks has changed, its role in the local maritime industry, the future of St Peter Port Harbour, and his own remarkable business background.Supported by Boatworks.

On this episode, we crack a beer with the small, local brewery teaming up with its more established rival to deliver drinkers a fresher pint.The snappily-named 'Wotcha' is a new cask ale produced by the Little Big Brew Co. in collaboration with its close St Peter Port neighbours Randalls.It is the first time the two companies have worked together — and it has gone down so well, they are already brewing up another batch.To find out why they have decided to put their brewing brains together, how it will benefit the island’s beer-drinkers, and what it is like running a craft brewery in 2023, Tony Curr sat down with Simon De La Rue, development director for the Little Big Group, and its brew manager Dan O'Brien, to pour over it all.Stay tuned to the Guernsey Press Business Podcast for more conversations from across Bailiwick business.

Amanda Eulenkamp speaks to Ellen Armsden, co-founder of Guernsey-based maritime startup Crewdentials, about its mission to put seafarers around the world in control of their own data, how they found their business inspiration working on superyachts, and how Guernsey's Digital Greenhouse has helped them along the way — including recognition at its inaugural Veyaon Awards for innovation, where they picked up two prizes.This podcast is supported by the Digital Greenhouse.

Amanda Eulenkamp speaks to Guernsey-based tech investor Marc Cohen — sole partner at unbundled vc — about his journey into venture capital, what he looks for in businesses and founders, how he's aiming to do things differently to the big players, and what he got out of working from the Digital Greenhouse.This podcast is supported by the Digital Greenhouse.

Ahead of this week's inaugural Véyaon Awards — a new event organised by the Digital Greenhouse to celebrate local entrepreneurship and innovation — Amanda Eulenkamp speaks to Rachel Le Mesurier, who as a young girl struggled to write by hand because of a rare genetic disorder affecting her joints but is now an internationally-published author, about winning the 2022 YBG Bill Green Award, her writing, and her own story.

As a new exhibition opens to mark 140 Years of the Guille-Allès Library — and tell the extraordinary tale of how it came into being, Tony Curr is joined by chief librarian Cornelia James, head of marketing Adam Bayfield, and managing director Richard Hamilton to talk about the project, some of the treasured items that have gone on display, and why it's an opportunity to remind the community about the role the library plays in island life.

In the next in our series featuring island entrepreneurs, Tony Curr meets Megan Seward — founder of Isle Health. Megan started her business in 2021 with the sole purpose of improving the quality of life of those around her. In the 18 months since, it has grown to encompass a team of exercise specialists helping dozens of people overcome medical barriers to get active — but that mission has remained the same.Supported by the Digital Greenhouse.

Next up in our series featuring the islanders using Guernsey's Digital Greenhouse to get their ideas off the ground, Amanda Eulenkamp is joined by Madvi Harchard — founder of Madagascan boutique Soava — to talk about her first steps as an entrepreneur, how a one-day business bootcamp helped her get going, and why supporting craftspeople and the community in her homeland is at the heart of what she is doing.Supported by the Digital Greenhouse.